Golf Rankings for THE PLAYERS Championship

Watney is righting the ship with three straight top-15s this season, capped by a T10 last week at Quail Hollow. In 2011, he placed T4 in THE PLAYERS after a T17 in 2010, but struggled last year in the final two rounds of the event to finish T56.

The typically consistent Van Pelt struggled for much of the season until a T6 last week at Quail Hollow. BVP has played Sawgrass each of the last eight years, missing five cuts. Yet Van Pelt recorded a top 10 on the other three occasions, including two in the last three years. This looks like another boom or bust for BVP this week.

A missed cut for Stenson at Quail Hollow put an end to three straight finishes of 18th or better for him this season, highlighted by a share of second at Redstone. He won this event back in 2009, but would miss the next two cuts until placing T15 last year.

Watson had registered three finishes inside the top 20 over his four starts of the season, but is coming off a missed cut at Quail Hollow. Bubba had played Sawgrass five straight years with three missed cuts until passing on this event last year.

After a pair of runner-up performances earlier in the year, Stricker has placed T38 at Redstone and T20 in the Masters. He finished T12 at Sawgrass in 2011 and T22 in 2009, but missed last year’s cut, halting his impressive run of 49 consecutive cuts made.

A missed cut last week at Quail Hollow snapped a streak of four straight finishes inside the top 25 this season for Haas. Last year, he finished a career-best T25 at Sawgrass, but missed three cuts in a span of four years prior to that.

Johnson has seen his finish improve each of the last four years at Sawgrass after missing the cut in 2008. ZJ placed T22 in 2010, T12 in 2011 and earned a share of second last year. Johnson has made four straight cuts this season, but finished no better than 34th.